Building a Better Book Club
Spotlight on Books to Film
Have you ever considered turning your book club meeting into a movie night? Books that have been made into films offer a wealth of discussion topics regarding the characters, scenes, and the adaptation itself.
Here is a list of book club sets from Provo City Library that also have a film version. Titles in red text are films that are available in our circulation collection.
84, Charing Cross RoadAmazing GraceAnd Then There Were None Austenland
Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress
The Black Tulip
The Blind SideThe Bone Collector
The Book Thief (Will be released 15 November, 2013)
Cheaper by the DozenThe Chosen
City of EmberThe Count of Monte CristoCranfordCry, the Beloved CountryDeath Comes to Pemberley (TV Mini series coming soon)
Diary of a Young Girl (Anne Frank)
Divergent (Film coming 2014)
Doomsday Book
Dressmaker, the (Film coming 2014)
Eat, Pray, LoveElla EnchantedEmmaEnder's Game (Will be released 1st November, 2013)
Fahrenheit 451The Five People You Meet in HeavenFried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop CafeGirl with a Pearl EarringGreat ExpectationsThe HelpThe Hiding PlaceHolesThe HostHouse of the Seven Gables
Hunger GamesI Capture the Castle
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
In the Time of the ButterfliesJane EyreJohn Adams (TV Miniseries)
The Kite Runner
A Lesson Before Dying
Life of PiThe Lightning ThiefThe Lion, the Witch, and the WardrobeLittle WomenThe Magic of Ordinary DaysThe Memory Keeper's DaughterMrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH (The Secret of NIMH)The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency
North & SouthPower of One Pride and PrejudicePrize Winner of Defiance, OhioPygmalion (under the name Pygmalion or My Fair Lady)RebeccaSarah, Plain and TallSarah's KeyScarlet Pimpernel, the Seabiscuit: an American LegendSecret Life of Bees, the Sense & SensibilitySpeak A Tale of Two CitiesTheir Eyes Were Watching God
To Kill a MockingbirdA Tree Grows in Brooklyn
Tuesdays with MorrieUnbroken (Film coming 2014)
Wives and DaughtersWuthering HeightsMany more of these titles are in production for release in the next few years, so it's sure to be an interesting time for film and for book clubs!